Le Désespoir de Jocrisse
Le Désespoir de Jocrisse is a prose comédie-folie in two acts by Dorvigny (Louis-François Archambault, 1742-1812)[1].
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The original text
The original French play was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre Montansier, on 22 November 1792. Published by Cailleau, Paris in 1793.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Dutch as De Wanhoop van Jocrisse by Hendrik Ogelwight (Junior)[2] in 1798 and published in Amsterdam by Pieter Johannes Uylenbroek.
Performance history in South Africa
1815: The Dutch version performed in Cape Town on 26 September by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, followed by Eerzucht en Behoefte, of De Huwelyksscheiding uit Liefde (Patrat; tr Kup).
Sources
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorvigny
Facsimile version of the 1793 edition of the French play, Gallica[3]
Facsimile version of the 1781 edition of the French play, http://contentdm.warwick.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/empire/id/20470
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 139 Go to ESAT Bibliography
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